The city of Montreal's executive committee member responsible for parks says at first glance, the pilot project banning through traffic on Mount Royal appears to be a success.

Luc Ferrandez was commenting about the preliminary report on the pilot project presented at this morning's meeting.

The report said that pre-pilot project, 10,000 vehicles travelled across the mountain during the week. That dropped to 3700 during the experiment.

The report said that the pilot project not only resulted in a considerable decrease in the number of cars, but also a reduction in the speed at which they were travelling as well as a "peaceful, enjoyable" mountain road and city buses that ran on time.

Ferrandez said the report also shows certain fears did not materialize, such as extra traffic on neighbouring roads.

A final report is due this winter and the Plante administration will decide what to do next.

Prelim report on through traffic ban on Mont Royal says number of cars down (10,000/wk pre-ban to 3700), speeds lowered, more peaceful & enjoyable road, city buses on time. @LucFerrandez says their mind isn't made up yet. More consultations Nov.8 & Nov. 28. #CJAD800#polmtlpic.twitter.com/gsFrH6qbqW